Deuba’s fifth term: Six weeks go by with 17 ministries still under him

The prime minister has not been able to expand his Cabinet even in more than 40 days, and observers say a lack of dedicated ministers hugely affects governance.

In the last week of June, about a month after then KP Sharma Oli government dissolved the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court annulled appointments of 20 ministers—17 Cabinet ministers and three ministers of state.